Pontardawe

8°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 7° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:41

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

60 reported · August 2026▲ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Public order14
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Other theft4

Neighbourhood team: Pontardawe · South Wales

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

58 reported road collisions (2025)

22 killed or seriously injured · 69 casualties · 4.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

97 food businesses within 2 miles

• 79 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Skewen (7.1 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£165,787 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Neath Port Talbot · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£690 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £499
• 2 bed £634
• 3 bed £727

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

4.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.4 times median annual pay (4.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Swansea Pontardawe (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

142,286 residents in Neath Port Talbot · 322/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,793
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,873
• Net moves−80

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in Wales

15% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 33% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (41% of 67,170)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Plaid Cymru coalition

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £22,034 avg

e.g. Postal Delivery Driver (Postie), Band 6 Practice Nurse, Project Co-ordinator: External Funded Projects

Source: Adzuna

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,910 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 74,620 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 91% · Wind 9%

358 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in SA8

• Pontardawe Primary Care Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety1,000 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks442 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals177 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately166 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills140 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Pontardawe (electoral ward) · 0.1 km

  Pontardawe is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is a division of the Pontardawe community and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Neath.

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  Pontardawe · 0.3 km

  Pontardawe is a town and a community in the lower Swansea Valley. It had a population of approximately 7,172 in the 2021 Census for Pontardawe Parish, and forms part of the county borough of Neath Port Talbot.

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  A474 road · 0.5 km

  The A474 is a suburban main route in south Wales.

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  Pontardawe Arts Centre · 0.6 km

  Pontardawe Arts Centre is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The building is owned by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and is located in Herbert Street.

• Alltwen television relay station · 0.9 km

  The Alltwen television relay station is sited on a hill to the southwest of Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, at least a kilometre away from the village of Alltwen from which it takes its name. It was originally built…

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  Pontardawe railway station · 0.9 km

  Pontardawe railway station was a railway station on the Swansea Vale Railway that served the town of Pontardawe in West Glamorgan, Wales. British Railways closed the station to passengers in 1950. The line continued c…

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